[Dixielandjazz] Jazz amputees - church bells

[Patrick Cooke]

And now....The Rest Of The Story!
   After The death of the guy whose face rings the bell, the priest is
approached by another man who claims to be the twin brother of the fallen
ringer.  He asks if he can be the bell man, if just to honor his brother.
    The priest agrees, and when the new fellow goes to ring the bell, he has
a heart attack and falls out of the bell tower.
     A crowd is standing around the fellow, and as the priest approaches,
someone asks, "Father, do you know this fellow is?"  The priest replies,
"I'm not sure but he's a dead ringer for the first one!"
  Pat Cooke
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Gordon" <jerrygordon@juno.com>
To: <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Jazz amputees - church bells


> In response to this thread, I've just got to tell this story. WARNING:
> Jazz content - negligible. Humor type - groaner.
>
> Jerry Gordon, Troy, NY - Web master for
> http://www.timesunion.com/communities/jazz
>
> There was a knock on the church door, and when the priest answered it, he
> found a man with no arms. The man said, "Please let me ring your church
> bells. I've been practicing for years, and that's all I've ever wanted to
> do."
> "But you've got no arms," said the priest. "I can do it. Please, please,
> please," said the man.
> With some reservations, the priest relented, and the man rushed up the
> stairs. Soon the priest heard the lovely strains of Just a Closer Walk
> with Thee. After listening for a few minutes, the priest thought, "I
> wonder how he's doing that," and he went up to find out.
> When he got to the belfry, he saw the man banging his head against the
> bells. Blood ran down his forehead copiously.
> "Stop! Stop!" cried the priest. "No! No!" responded the man, continuing
> to play. The priest tried to stop him, and in the ensuing struggle, the
> man went over the edge and landed on the sidewalk with a thud.
> "Oh my gosh," said the priest, as he hurried down the stairs. When he got
> outside, a crowd had already formed, including the police.
> "Do you know who this man is?" asked a cop. "No," replied the priest,
> "but his face rings a bell."
>
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